Pouch transfer apparatus and method

Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items – Having conveyor drop grouped items simultaneously onto...

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1984632, B65G 4730

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ABSTRACT:
A transfer apparatus for transferring groups of shingled pouches from a pouch conveyor to the product buckets of a bucket conveyor. The shingled pouches are conveyed in groups on a pouch conveyor having an oscillating end. A drop box or accumulation chamber for accumulating the shingled pouches in stacks and then releasing the stacks at the appropriate time into the product buckets of the bucket conveyor is interposed at the discharge end of the pouch conveyor. The drop box is operatively interconnected with the oscillating end of the pouch conveyor and pouches are accumulated in stacked form therein. The drop box includes a drop gate that is opened in timed relation to the oscillating movements of the pouch conveyor as well as the linear movement of the bucket conveyor in order to release the stacks of pouches into the individual buckets of the bucket conveyor at the appropriate time. Pouch accumulation can occur during the return oscillation of the conveyor thus considerably shortening the necessary operating stroke of the pouch conveyor, and permitting increased bucket conveyor speeds. A pouch reject slide is preferably provided to selectively prevent undesirable pouches from entering the drop box.

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